Quote Originally Posted by goshawks00 View Post
No it isn't all that hard, can they have emotions, maybe, doesn't really mean anything... The point is if you think they are emotionally attached to you... do as I said open your chamber doors and see just how attached they are... Doesn't matter if it's an imprint or not, you will soon see the light.....BTW I did lose an imprint once for a month and she was taken up 5 foot from where she was lost... Do I think she 'came back' because she loved me... haha hardly...she knew what a lure was and can in to it for food.
What you aren't getting Barry is sometimes the bird can show emotions but that emotion doesn't have to mean it wants to be with you. Hate is an emotion, opening that door and the bird getting out of there could be because it hates you. It isn't all or nothing. You keep saying the bird doesn't love me, who is talking about love. If the bird shows me a little affection by rubbing its head against my hand and making noises that sound like it is comfortable and enjoying itself, I call that some type of emotion. Sure, I open the door and it flys out, it might not come back but that doesn't erase the emotion it just showed me. Again, you believe what you want, I will believe what I want and the world will continue to turn.

And with all that said, I would turn loose an imprint in a minute if I felt it was the right bird and the right situation.